Weather Records on 24 November 2002

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 2002. Highest significance: South Pass City, US.

Key Facts for 24 November 2002

On 24 November 2002, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 713 daily.
South Pass City set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 24 November 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 24 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Heart Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Billy Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	153.8 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rota NAS	Spain	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burris	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palos Altos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuimato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Copalillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huitzuco (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Piedras Blancas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 301, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 24 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	301
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 24 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 40, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 198.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 2002

Top 20 records on 24 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 2002	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	92 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 November 2002	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 November 2002	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 November 2002	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 November 2002	Heart Mtn, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Leonora, AU	monthly rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Minara, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Billy Creek, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Genoa, IT	daily rain	153.8 mm (6.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	133 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Glenorn, AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Mount Amhurst, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Cuernavaca (Dge), MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Glacier Bay, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Devils Twr #2, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 2002	Rota NAS, ES	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 755 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	512
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	2